The figures are not directly comparable between 2000 and 2017 as the method for counting officers and staff changed from a headcount figure to a Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) figure. FTE figures are not available before 30 September 2003.

II. In each of the years mentioned above, what proportion of total policing costs in Scotland was the Service contribution to the cost of police pensions?

Scottish Government does not hold the requested information. In 2000 police funding was made through local authorities and the pension figures for 2017 will not be available until the SPA publishes its annual accounts for 2016/17. The annual accounts should be published later this year.

III. How many former policemen are in receipt of a police pension in 2017, and what is this figure expected to rise to in 2030 and 2040.

As at 1 January 2017 there were 13,880 police pensioners but we do not hold information on the future numbers of police pensioners. For information, you may wish to look at the Government Actuary's Department valuation (membership data) of the police pension schemes from 2012, link attached.